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J. W. WILLIAMS.

AUIG WHEEL.

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1,321,075." Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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AUTO WHEEL.

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Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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APPLHIATEQN FiLED MAR. 22. 1913.

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JOHN W. WILLIAMS, OF SANTA ROSA, CALTFOBNIA, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN STEEL AUTO-WHEEL course; Y, RENO, NEVADA, A CORPORATION AUTO-WHEEL.

Specification Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1.919.

- To all whomit may concern:

' specificationgan the app in the spokeseat.

' 'Fig. 6 isja sectional view through the 'cen- .tral portion'o f-the wheel taken on line 6 of Be it known that I. Joni! W. Wmmsns, citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sonomu. and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutolVheels, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention is an improved automobile wheel. M

The invention comprises a metal automobile Wheel, the parts of which are readily interchangeable;

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2 use gillnsti-atghowthe spokcs'are' 'the-rim end spoke seat ofthe when:

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Fig. 5 is'a'n end view of the sphke seat.

ig. 7 is ii sectional view through one of the spokes and the rim.

Fig. 8 is a cross section of one of the spokes .Fig. 9 isnn cud view ;,of the hub boxing. Fig.10 is a side view of the hub boxing. Fig. 11 is an end view of thelm b sleeve. Fig. 12 is a longitudinal sectionof the hub sleeve.

Fig. 13 is an end view of the spoke alinement plute. c

Fig. 14 is across section of the spoke aline-- ment plate.

Fig. 15 is a. .view of the locking nut for enga ing the spoke alinement plate and lockthe plate in position on the spoke scat. ig. 16 is a view of one of the spoke filler lugs. a

'In the drawing 1 indicntes the hub of the wheel in which is arranged. ball bearing 2 for engagin v and turning on the automobile axle. The llll) has cylindrical portions 3 and 4 and an intermediate annular flange 5. The outer end of the cylindrical portion 3 has a thread 6. The flange 5 is provided with holes 7, the purpose of which will be described hereinafter, A h b sleeve 8 is provided to receive the huh I, and is provided with an annular flange 9 for engngnw the hub flange 5 to position the hub in the sleeve.

The sleeve. flange 9 is provided with holes 10 adapted to register with the holes 7 in the hub flange 5 for the purpose hereinafter described. The outer end of the hub sleeve has a thread 11. A. huh sent 12 fits over the sleeve 8 with one. end in engagement with the sleeve flange 9. sent has projecting pins 13 which project through t 1e holes mend 7 in the sleeve and hub flanges 9 and 5 respectively, and lock the hub, huh sleeve and spoke seat together so that they will rotate together.

he other .cnd of the spoke seat, is-reduced leaving 'a shoulder 14, and the red-needend has a thread 15, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described; The

spoke spatisprovided with a. pluralit-K of dove taaled grooves 16 in its perip cry spaced at equal distances apart, which are ,inclined outwardly from the rear toward the front end of the spoke seat. 17 indicates the spokes of the. wheel, which are metal tubing, 1 t c e adjacent faces of the inner endsof whi diverge outwardly. Wedge blocks 18 are wedged in the diver ing hub ends of the spokes and close saic spoke ends. Dovetai led tongues 19 are formed on the outer face 'of the blocks 18, which mngu'es are adapted to sl' i r the grooves 16 in the .hub seat and engage the dove-tailed sides of said coves to holdthe'hub ends of the spokes "'inly in the hub sent. hen-the hub ends of the spokes are seated in the hub seat the diverging adjacent faces of the s has rest a. uniform distance apart t roughout their entire length, between which is placed spoke filler plates 20 which .are of a. uniform thickness tln'oughout and may be stamped out of sheet metal. The

plates 20 have lugs 21 um] 22, the lugs 21 fitting in slots 23 in sleeve flange 9, which flange engages the rear face of the spokes 17. A spoke alinenient plate 25 fits over the reduced front end of the hub seat 12 against the shoulder 14 thereof and. engage the front face of the spokes, said plate being rovided with slots 26 which receive the ugs 22 of spoke filler plates 20. The engagement of the lugs 21 and 22 in the slots 23 end 26 of the flange 9 and plate 25 respectively holds the plates securely between t e spokes. A nut, 30 screws on the thread Said end of the hub on the reduced front end of the hub seat 12 against the spoke alinement plate 25, and a nut 31 screws on the thread 11 on the front end of sleeve 8 against the front end of-the hub seat 12, whereby the sleeve plate 9 and the s oke alinement plate are drawn towar each other and the'flange 9 drawn against the rear end of the hub seat, and the spokes clamped between said flange and plate in properly alined position on the hub seat. A nut screws on the thread '6 on the front end of the huh 1 against the nut 31 or front end of the sleeve 8 and draws the huh I forwardly and the hub flan 5 into engagement with sleeve flange 9, t us properly positioning the hub in' the wheel. A cap 36 screws on the thread 6 on the huh I and incloses the end of the hub.

Ribs extend diametrically across the spokes 17 from the blocks 18 to the outer ends of the spokes and reinforce the spokes. The outer ends of thespoke fit in sleeves in the wheel folly 50, whereb the spokes are secured toithe felly. The elly is metal of the'forwa.

and may be stamped out of sheet metal.

The wheel is assembled as follows:

The outer ends of the spokes are first inserted in' the fell sleeves 45. The front ends rdl y and outwardly. inclined tongues '19 on the hub ends of the s okes are then introduced into the rear en s of the forwardly, and outwardly inclined dovetailed grooves '16 in the hub seat 12, and the i hubseat i's'forced rearwardly whereby the to 0s 19 are forced up into the grooves 16 an the spokes are forced outwardly longitudlnally y the wedge action of the engagement of the tongues and grooves thus forc-,

ing the outerends of the spokes all the way into the felly sleeves 45. The hub sleeve 8 is then introduced into thehub sent through the rear end thereof, and the pins 13 are introduced through the holes 10 in flange 9. The filler plates 20 are then placed between the ladjacent faces of the hub ends of the spokes and the lugs 21 introduced in slots 23 in sleeve flange 9. The spoke alinerfient plate 25 is then slipped over the reduced front end of the hub seat, and the filler plate lugs 22 introduced in slots 26 in the spoke ahnemcnt plate 25. The nuts 30 and 31 are then respectively screwed on the front threaded ends of the hub seat and hub sleeve, and their engagement with the spoke alinement plate and the forward ,end of hub seat respectively draws, the sleeve flange 9 and spoke alinement plate '25 to.- ward each other until the flange 9 rests against the rear end of hub seat 12, and,

seat detachabl introduced into the rear end of hub sleeve 8 and the hub seat pins 13 introduced through the holes 7 in the hub flange 5. The nut 35 is then screwed on the thread 6 on the front end of the hub, against the front end of the hub sleeve and nut 31, whereby the hub is drawn forwardly in the hub sleeve until the hub flange 5 engages the hub sleeve flange 9, thus properly positioning the hub in the wheel and lockin the hub to the hub sleeve so that the hub Wlll turn with the other parts of the wheel. The cap 36is then screwed on the thread 6 on the front end of the hub and the front end of the hub is inclosed. The wheel is now assembled and read to. be placed on the axle of an automobi c.

Having decribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An automobile wheel comprisinga hub, a hub sleeve fitting over said hub, a spoke .fittin means for Ice 'ng said hub, hub sleeve and hub seat so as to turn together, s has, means for seating the inner ends 0 said spokes on said spoke seat, and a felly connected to the outer ends of said spokes.

2. An automobile wheel comprising a hub,

a hub sleeve fitting over said hub, a spoke to seat on said spoke seat, a flange on said.

hub sleeve adapted to engage one side of the spokes, a plate fittin on said spoke seat and engaging the other side of said spokes, a nut screwing on said spoke seat against said late, and a nut screwing on the end of said hub sleeve a ainst said spoke seat for clamping the spo res on said spoke seat between said flange and said plate, and a fell connected to the outer ends of said spo res.

4. An automobile wheel comprising a hub, a hub sleeve fittin over said hub, a spoke seat fitting over said hub sleeve, said spqke scat having axially inclined seats, spokes, the inner; ends of said spokes being adapted to SBMLO'A said inclined seats, a flange on said hub sleeve adapted to engage one side.

over said hub sleeve,

' screwing said platgand a nut screw hub sleeve adapted to engage one side of a plate'fitting on said spoke seat. the other side of said spokes,

on said spoke mat against late, an a nut screwing on the end of said hub sleeve against said hub seat for clamping the spokes, and engaglng a nut screwin the spokes on said spoke seat between said flange and said plate, a telly connected to the outer ends ofsaid spokes, a flange on one endof said hub, and a nut on the other end. of said hub said hub sleeve for drawin said hub againt ub sleeve flange into engagement with said flange. a

6. An automobile .wheel comprising a hub, a: hub sleeve fitting over said hub, a hub seat fitting over to seat on said hub seat, a fiimge on said hub sleeve 'ada ted" to engage one side of the ate fitting on'said spoke seat and eng'agingthe other side 50f, said spokes, a nut screwing on said spbk'ei'sent against said on'the' endpf said 11b seat for clamphas on said spokeiiseat between said flange-andsaid plate, afteily connected to the outerends of-saidspokes, a flange on one end of? "'d'hub'and a nut screwing on the other end of said hub against said hub sleeve for drawing said hub flange into engagement with and hub sleeve ange, said u v flange and said hub sleeve fflange being provided'with holes andapin on said spoke sleeve adapted to fit in said holes to lock 1 ub sleeve against said the hub, hub sleeve and spoke seat so as to turn together.

said huhsleeve, spokes adapted 7. An automobile wheel comprisinga hub,

a hub sleeve fittin over said hub, a. hub seat Fting over said iub sleeve, spokes ada ted to seat on said hub seat, a flange on said ub sleeve adapted to engage one side of the spokes, a plate fitting on said spoke seat and engaging the other side of said spokes, a nut screwing on said spoke seat against said plate, and a nut sciewing on the end of said hub sleeve against said hub seat for clamping the spokes on said spokeseat between said flange and said plate, a'felly connected to the outer ends of said spokes, and filler plates between the inner ends of the spokes.

An automobile wheel corriprisin a hub, a hub sleeve fitting over said hub, a ub seat fitting over said hub sleeve, spokes ada ted to seat on said hub seat, a flange on said uh sleeve adapted to engage one side of the spokes, a (white fitting on said spoke seat and engaging the other side of saidspokes, a nut screwing on said spoke seat against said late, and a nut screwi iub sleeve against said ub-seat for clamping the spokes on said spoke seat between said flange and said plate, and a folly eonnected' to the outer ends of said s said hub sleeve flange and said plate ing provided with slots, filler plates between the inner ends of said spokes, lugs oil-said filler plates adapted to fit in said slots. A

9. An automobile wheel eoniprisin'g-a hub,

on the end of said kes,

a s ke seat mounted on said hub, seats in sai spoke seat, tubularspokes, blocks- In testimony whereof I aflix m JOHN W. Vi

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